Aught
pronoun
Anything at all, any part or amount.
If aught in this life be certain, it is death.
Often appears as...
- for aught i know
- if aught be
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Formal
Literary
noun
Zero, nothing or nil.
The score was three aught
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Formal
Technical
pronoun
Anything at all, any part or amount.
If aught in this life be certain, it is death.
Often appears as...
- for aught i know
- if aught be
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
noun
Zero, nothing or nil.
The score was three aught
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used in literary or poetic contexts to give an old-fashioned or formal tone.
Heedless of aught else, she danced through the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
Can intensify a statement; often used to make a point with strong emotion or significance.
If aught happens to my family, I shall seek justice.
Pro Tip 3/3Archaic Connotations
Sounds old-fashioned; use may imply historical or classical references.
Know you aught of the ancient texts spoken in legend?
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used in literary or poetic contexts to give an old-fashioned or formal tone.
Heedless of aught else, she danced through the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
Can intensify a statement; often used to make a point with strong emotion or significance.
If aught happens to my family, I shall seek justice.
Pro Tip 3/3Archaic Connotations
Sounds old-fashioned; use may imply historical or classical references.
Know you aught of the ancient texts spoken in legend?
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used in literary or poetic contexts to give an old-fashioned or formal tone.
Heedless of aught else, she danced through the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
Can intensify a statement; often used to make a point with strong emotion or significance.
If aught happens to my family, I shall seek justice.
Pro Tip 3/3Archaic Connotations
Sounds old-fashioned; use may imply historical or classical references.
Know you aught of the ancient texts spoken in legend?
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Quote examples
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German Philosopher
By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite.
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Chauncey Wright
American Philosopher
By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.
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George Berkeley
Irish Philosopher
Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.
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John Milton
English Poet
No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
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Samuel Rogers
English Poet
Think nothing done while aught remains to do.
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German Philosopher
By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite.
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Chauncey Wright
American Philosopher
By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.
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George Berkeley
Irish Philosopher
Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.
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John Milton
English Poet
No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
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Samuel Rogers
English Poet
Think nothing done while aught remains to do.
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